Question therefore to Swift62. Given the Frachise application is based around other items such as junior delelopment etc what gives halifax the devine right to come into SL.

Yes you have a stadium paid for by sources external to your club but what else would you bring to the competition over and above what cas would offer? What would be the benefit to the English GB game of promoting a team which offers less than the current incumbants apart from a new stadium - sorry empty new stadium.

The purpose of the franchise system was to make SL more competitive. cas being unbeaten after 4 games and playing 5 under 20's in that team developed by the club is surely evidence of this. Would you not agree?

Please Mods.... Hatfield Tiger is letting common sense infiltrate this discussion is there not something in the AUP to stop this?

Excellent, hopefully this will get as much media time as the inane ramblings of a window salesman.

Said at the time RW had handled the feasability study perfectly.

Yes, confident that we had the better scheme he played along and let Ted & Rodney throw their toys out the pram.

And it is continuing to bite them on the bum to this day.

The way they threw the study back is probably why so many Cas fans do not entertain sharing GH when it is built.

Well said RW, we offered to take part in the feasability study and Wakey point blank refused, so we carry on with our own plans and they can sort themselves out

Still waiting for news of the statement to appear on Sky or BBC........

The East Stand was completed by the council, but the rest of the ground was funded by grants and by both the football club and the rugby club. At the last round of licences, Fax didnt have a complete stadium, and this was one of the reasons they didnt get a licence. Fax have taken onboard what the RFL wanted from them, the group is now compelete, have a history of delveoping quality talent from around Calderdale and afar, and if in SL would do so again.
So, Fax could offer everything that Cas has, and more.

HTH

No they couldn't. HTH.


(Although I would personally prefer you in SL as opposed to Widnes, but what I want is irrelevant)

Exactly how many youngsters/halifax youth system players are there currently playing in SL or for there country. and when i mean Halifax youngsters i mean actually came through the local amateur teams into the 18's and 20's and then went onto appear for their hometown team and then moved onto other super league teams?

Your statement on youngsters and development seems to indicate that you have done so in the past (have a history) but will only be able to do so in the future if you are in SL. What about the clubs current contrubution to developing young players.Surely being out of SL and having a lower salary cap would mean that greater attention should be paid or placed on bringing youth into the current team ala Shenton & westerman who came through the ranks at cas in the lower leagues rather than having to rely on players falling out of SL. From what i ca see Halifax have yet to tick the box for youth development.

Like i said why replace a club who produce more quality youngsters than any other SL team than maybe Leeds & saint, with a club who have a lovely stadium.

If Mr Glover could put down 50% of the funding for J32 would you be so quick to turn him down?

Half red, white and blue & half black and amber- for the short term.

When NM comes through the red tape, is approved and built (maybe as late as 2015) WTW move out & CT repay the initial 50% & thus then own J32 in full with WTW playing from NM.

A sensible and realistic way forward for all?

Ah, fantastic. We didn't realise Mr Glover had £7.5million in his back pocket. Surely if he did have, he'd mortgage it into a stadium for the Wildcats instead in the first place??

I wouldn't dismiss that. I'm not sure it would happen though. Does Glover have that money, how long would they pay back go on till, would glover trust us (not sure i would), would NM pass.

A nice idea in theory, but in practice, i really dont see it